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Controlling & Managing Superuser Access

May 9, 2013 12:00am PDT

All kinds of IT professionals require access to privileged or shared accounts in order to perform their job. However, IT managers need to strike a balance between providing them the access they...

Provided by: Quest Software, now a part of Dell

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Defender - The Right Way to Prove Identity and Establish Trust

May 9, 2013 12:00am PDT

Proving the identity of the other party in an e-transaction or exchange of information is a critical security challenge. So what are today’s best identity solutions? And can they be seamlessly...

Provided by: Quest Software, now a part of Dell

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Managing threats in the digital age

May 7, 2013 12:00am PDT

The topic of security is now unquestionably a C-suite priority. An enterprise that delegates security matters solely to the CIO is compounding its risk factors. Organizations need to move toward a...

Provided by: IBM

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An Analysis of Current Computer Network Attack Procedures, Their Mitigation Measures and the Development of an Improved Denial of Service (DOS) Attack Model

May 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

This paper presents the major network attack profiles, taxonomies, classification and identification frameworks. Further, current approaches for intrusion detection on networks were x-rayed...

Provided by: Engg Journals Publications

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A Study on Spectrum Sensing Methods of Cognitive Radio

May 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

Cognitive radio is an attractive result to the spectral congestion tricky by presenting the resourceful procedure of frequency band channels that cannot be greatly captured by users who holds the...

Provided by: Engg Journals Publications

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The Effect of Route Routability Procedure to the Route Optimization Distribution Binding Update

May 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

With the demand of mobility by users, wireless technologies have become the hotspot developing arena. Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) working group has developed Mobile IP (MIP) to support...

Provided by: Engg Journals Publications

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The future of IT security compliance: 201 CMR 17.00

April 30, 2013 6:00am PDT

Why should you be concerned about a security rule that is part of the State law of Massachusetts -- especially if you aren't in business there? Donovan Colbert explains how compliance regulations...

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Enhancing Bluetooth Authentication Using Diffie Hellman Algorithm

April 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

Bluetooth is a technology for connecting devices wirelessly to achieve data transfer at the rate of 720 kbps within a range of 10 to 100 meters. In existing authentication procedure for Bluetooth...

Provided by: International Journal of Computer Applications

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Efficient Routing Protocol for Hand Over Delay Minimization in Mobile WiMAX Using Concurrent Scanning

April 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

In this paper, an efficient routing protocol has been identified for real time and non-real time applications. The MS Movement Direction Prediction (MMDP) based MS scanning is implemented to...

Provided by: International Journal of Computer Applications

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A Modified DES and Triple DES Algorithm for Wireless Networks

April 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

The application of technological and related procedures to safeguard the security of various documents while moving on the channel is an important responsibility in electronic data systems. This...

Provided by: International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security

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Overcoming the Challenges of Database Patching in Production Environments

April 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

The frequency and sophistication of attacks shows no signs of declining; and today’s economic climate does not allow for more resources to be applied to the challenging task of testing and...

Provided by: McAfee

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An Optimized Mechanism for Adaptive and Dynamic Policy Based Handover in Clustered MANET

April 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

On-going revolution in ever-improving wireless communication enforces the necessity of a self configuring, rapidly deployable and infrastructure less network. MANET is such an autonomous wireless...

Provided by: Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center

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How Compliance Impacts Backup Strategy

March 29, 2013 12:00am PDT

There's nothing more important than compliance for a business, and yet there are also few things harder to manage. Backup and recovery has recently become a huge area of concern for IT as well,...

Provided by: Idera

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Analyst briefing: Laying the groundwork for successful cloud deployment and management

March 19, 2013 12:00am PDT

This cloud strategy analysis describes current deployment and service models and looks at the key characteristics of cloud service offerings, such as performance, reliability, and compliance.

Provided by: TechRepublic Pro

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Managing threats in the digital age

March 13, 2013 12:00am PDT

The topic of security is now unquestionably a C-suite priority. An enterprise that delegates security matters solely to the CIO is compounding its risk factors. Organizations need to move toward a...

Provided by: IBM

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TrC-MC: Decentralized Software Transactional Memory for Multi-Multicore Computers

March 12, 2013 12:00am PDT

To achieve single-lock atomicity in software transactional memory systems, the commit procedure often goes through a common clock variable. When there are frequent transactional commits, clock...

Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Automatic Generation of Normal Forms for Testing Object-Oriented Software

March 12, 2013 12:00am PDT

Testing object-oriented software is more complex than its procedural counterpart. The concept of "Fundamental pairs" was introduced in the authors' TACCLE methodology for testing object-oriented...

Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Blog Post

PCI-DSS, security, and cloud guidelines

March 11, 2013 5:30am PDT

Thoran Rodrigues highlights some of the guidelines published recently for the Payment Card Industry (PCI), regarding standards and the public cloud.

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Are Employees Putting Your Company's Data at Risk?

March 6, 2013 12:00am PST

This is a must read for any IT, risk or compliance professionals looking to getting a better handle on securing person-to-person file transfers within their business. In a growing number of...

Provided by: Ipswitch

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Are Employees Putting Your Company's Data at Risk? (German)

March 5, 2013 12:00am PST

This is a must read for any IT, risk or compliance professionals looking to getting a better handle on securing person-to-person file transfers within their business. In a growing number of...

Provided by: Ipswitch